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- 01. My sister is so [smart] that she won three scholarships last year.02. Kareem always bragged about how [smart] he was until he failed the final exam.03. When you're on a tight deadline, you've got to learn to work [smarter], not harder.04. What an idiot he is. He told me that women aren't [smart] enough to succeed in business.05. He's a [smart] enough guy, but sometimes I think he just lacks common sense.06. Ted's a [smart] guy, but he's so lazy that he quickly loses any jobs he gets.07. He looks a bit simple, but he's actually very [smart].08. I got a paper cut on my hand, and it really [smarts].09. She got a bit of grapefruit juice in her eye, and it was really [smarting].10. Don't you get [smart] with me, young man. Show some respect!11. The student was dressed in a [smart] black suit for the final dinner.12. Buying a used computer is not the [smartest] thing to do. Prices are continually going down on new computers, while the quality goes up.13. The headquarters of the rebel group was hit by a [smart] bomb that killed everyone inside.14. My children are much [smarter] in school than I ever was.15. This [smart] bomb can hit a target the size of a postage stamp from miles and miles away.16. She was [smartly] dressed in a dark blue business suit.17. There is a Yiddish proverb that notes that if the pupil is [smart], the teacher gets the credit.18. There is a Jewish proverb which observes that one of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the [smartest] grandchild in the world.19. Becky Rodenbeck once said that most men who are not married by the age of thirty-five are either homosexual or really [smart].20. Ashley is really [smart]; she usually gets an A in all her courses.21. Bill Gates once said that the inevitable consequence of better computer systems is a [smarter] use of people's time.22. Fran Lebowitz once remarked, "I never met anyone who didn't have a very [smart] child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?"
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.